GreeneKing

Just seen this and the memories of moving from 4 to 5 string come flooding back. Following a break I now play 4 string again 🙄

A stunning bass and the first I commissioned from Alan.

pm'd re Slick Bag

On 03/10/2019 at 15:22, Born 2B Mild said:

Thanks. I've just spotted that it's a 4 ohm cab. I need an 8 ohm to match my 4B. 

BassDirect have some 4B for sale at the moment. An ideal match for another?

I've just bought a PJB 4B. Will update...

38 minutes ago, Merton said:

Ah but I bet she has some wonderful bass pedigree and is absolutely legitimate 😂

Interestingly, looking at her posts pestering me on messenger, she isn't a person but an (ignored) group....

An update, not that anyone seems very interested  

The cab with the EBS head was pretty damn amazing. Articulate and well defined with, for a supposed 200 watts an impressive amount of volume. I've played with the guitarists before but the drummer was new to me. He is a bit quieter than our last drummer so far as the bass drum is concerned and that helps.

The only downside was that I had the volume knob up to the '4 0'clock' position to achieve this and I needed to add a fair bit of 'drive'. So I'm still on the hunt for a 2nd cab.

As an aside I've had a very pretty lady with no apparent bass provenance want to befriend me on FB to sell me an Accugroove Tri-112L for £180. I think I'll ignore...

My bass mojo having returned after a couple of years I've been sorting out some of my gear. I'm actually meeting up with some guys tonight to get back into some 'mutual practice' that may or may not lead to something further.

I sold my Mark Bass LMII, my Tube 500 and EAD 212 (the EAD was a wrench). I've been using a TC Electronic BG250 (15' driver) for home practice for years but I'm under no illusions that it'll compete with a real drummer and 'enthusiastic' lead guitard etc.

I've now got a EBS HD350 head courtesy of Lee (Lee650) and I bought a Accugroove Tri-112L. They sound absolutely lovely in my front room and I'm very impressed. The Accugroove is a bit special methinks and compares with the EAD in having a decent 6" mid range driver and a proper crossover.

Ideally I'd like another Accugroove but they seem rarer than hen's teeth. I've placed a wanted ad in here. Tonight will tell but I'm thinking about needing a 2nd 8 ohm cab to pair with the Accugroove. I'm very interested to see how the EBS HD350 fares into 8 ohms tonight. 

So, failing finding another 2nd hand Accugroove, any thoughts on what would pair well with it? I'm not particularly worried about an aesthetic match and I already have the mid driver and a pair of tweeters so maybe I needn't worry so much about that?

Any specs that I should compare beyond power rating and impedance? 

Any thoughts or experiences would be appreciated here. I'll predominantly be using a passive 4 string bass.

I'll update how it goes tonight.

Peter

Still for sale and my requirements for a cab have changed to 400 watts or thereabouts and 8 ohms. Thinking a 112 or even a 110/115.

In the unlikely event that is.....

Excellent!

Thank you

Reduced £100 to £525.

I’m no longer looking to trade an amp or combo but do need a cab(s) capable of 500 watts at 4 ohms.

Wondering whether it would be up to the main gigging role with the extension cab?

I bought Lee's EBS HD350 amp. Very clean unit and all seems to be good. It was great to meet up and chat. In fact buying the amp was 90% catch-up and 10 amp. We even discussed an old flame we shared. Rita.

Looking forward to using the amp and I would recommend Lee as a good un!

Peter

On 13/09/2019 at 20:20, visog said:

So, not being a negative Nancy here but isn't that minimal change/improvement? Or is this view misleading and it actually has a more dramatic effect audibly?

 

From a playing perspective, having owned a fair number of different effects pedals, a Micro Thumpinator hpf had the single most significant impact on my sound. In a loud rock band context fx pedals often (while sounding great at home) diminish bass in the mix. The simple addition of a Micro Thump gave me lots more headroom and an ability to cut through without the speakers moving alarmingly. I'd recommend that every bassist who gigs give one a try. 

In the unlikely event that an interested bassist may have some amplification for sale I'd consider a trade.

A bump from beyond the grave......

Make me an offer?

I bought the fretted 'sister' to this from Nick, also with the luthier work. I'm not in the market for a fretless but if, as I suspect this bass is as sorted as the one I've got it'll be a bit special.

Peter

Another Bump and a price reduction to £80 delivered to the UK. These units are brilliant if a little ancient nowadays. Well worth checking out the features. A bit of a bargain. I'm not using any FX so it's not getting used at all at the moment.

Bump

Bump at £500. A stunning Use, well worth checking out if you are interested.

2 hours ago, pineweasel said:

The tab is for Drop D tuning (as stated at the top) and is correct. 

Aha, thank you. That learning curve continues. 

Thank you guys. It's reassuring to know that I'm getting it right. It's also a bit sad that some folk copy the same crap onto tab sites just for the glory (?) of it....

I’ve been learning to play on old favourite ‘Brass in Pocket’ by The Pretenders. I’ve got an aged copy of Bass Tab White Pages and I’m using that.

I use the tab for fretting and the notes are good for rhythm feel.

The first four bars sound great but bars 5&6 are tabbed G# and sound plain wrong. The notes and chord notation are F# and that is sounding good. Bar 7 is tabbed open E but the chord is D/F# so I reckon I should be playing F# (the notes are dropped D).

The tab online mirrors the tab in the book. Looking at the musical notation and using chords the tab seems way out in places. It also sounds right when I ignore the tab and use the notes/chords and slash chords.

My question is, is it me or is the tab rubbish?

Peter

Another bump.....

And another one…..